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Research project to discover a territory through food, 2019. In collaboration with landscape and product designers Heloise Lenglet and Flore Dallennes.Assistance + pictures of Marie Balmer

This research was supported by the programme « Creation en cours », led by Ateliers Médicis.

« Forestis Apparatus » aims to link territories and food : to read the territory and its spontaneous vegetation as the original source of a meal, but also use the taste as an exploration tool. The research took place in Guerbigny, Somme department, a small village framed by a forest on one part, and cultivated fields on the other part. Part of the research was led han-in hand with the primary school of Guerbigny.We explored a forest flora, saw the vegetation evolving through months, indexed the plants, and questionne dits edible dimension : how to keep the taste through the seasons, how to cook it fresh ? What relation do we have while eating the plants directly in its natural environment ?

Like the plurisciplinary aspect of our team, the project developped in the creations of different tools and objects, that were part of a final performative and participatory installation :

-the kids embodied the plants in their environment in a performance-plants were transformed through the 4 months of research to keep the tastes : syrups, liquors, pestos, vinegars.-They were presented in jars.-A solar dryer was created and used-Freshly picked and cooked wild plants were presented in a 7 course tasting menu.